Improvement in fences



resents all the others.

i tiuit 5mm Mw-era e `J. J. B EICH-E RTS, O F D E LAWAJE, HAIO. 'LettersParte/lit No. 85,852, dated Januar/ry l2', 189.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parti of thesame.

To all/whom. 'it mwy conce/m Be it known that I, J. J. REICHERTS, ofDelaware, in the county of Delaware, and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Fences; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the art to make andus the same, reference being*had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication. r

This invention relates to a new vand useful improvement in fences fordoor-yards, and for all other purposes to which the same maybeapplicable; and l It consists in attaching wire pickets to the rails ofthe fence, in the manner hereinafter described.

vThe drawing represents a longitudinal section of a fence constructedaccording to my invention.

This fence is built in sections, with either wood, iron, or stone posts,andV with either wood or iron rails, of any suitable size..

The pickets are made of iron wire or rods of suitable diameter, formedwitli eyes for the top and for the bottom rails, so thatthey may beslipped on to the rails,

as seen in the drawing.

A represents the posts;

B, the rails; and

C, the pickets. As seen in the drawing, the pickets are double, with theparts spread asunder, with two eyes, d d, for the top rail, and two, e-@,forthe bottom rail, as seen in the picket marked C', which, in formand construction, rep- Theremay be more than two rails, and,consequently, more than four eyes in each picket. These eyes are formedby giving the wire or rod a single tnrn.` y

The picket is made of a single rod or piece of wire,y so bent that thelegs ff cross each other, as seen at g, with the ends of the rod.extending down below the eyes e, as seen at h.

These legs f f not only cross each other, but each crosses the legs' ofthe adjacent picket, as seen at 13 13, -and so on throughout the sectionor paling, thusform- The picket C, with theeyes d d and e e, in colnbie`nation with the rails B B, and posts A, or their equivalents, arrangedon the rail so as to formv afeuce, substantially as shown and described.A

. J. J. REIOHERTS.

Witnesses:

W. CARTER, l G. H. McELRoY.

